Tradition teaches that the Melchizedek Priesthood was restored in 1829. Yet many documented sources indicate it happened in June 1831 during a conference at Morley Farm, and what was restored is different from what we…
The Joseph Smith Translation of Luke 12 make a significant change to some information Jesus provides his apostles. Whereas the KJV has Christ talk about a lord who could come in either the second watch…
Our review of the Biblical prophecies about a latter-day prophet who stumbles is continued in this episode. We cover the allegory of the olive trees in Jacob 5, the marred servant prophecy by Isaiah and…
In this episode, we begin to look at the prophetic profile that is contained in the Bible about a future prophet who will be like unto Moses. This Biblical profile predicts a change in behavior,…
Building off the previous episode that reviewed what the scriptures say and don’t say about polygamy, in this episode we test the doctrine espoused in Section 132 against the rest of the scriptures. D&C 1:31…
One of the most divisive topics to come out of Nauvoo is polygamy. One challenge, however, is that the modern Mormon polygamy is completely different than the polygamy that is mentioned in the scriptures. In…
The history of the modern LDS Church portrays Sidney Rigdon in a generally unflattering light. His decision to not acquiesce to Brigham Young after the death of Joseph and Hyrum, and his resulting excommunication are…
After the Kirtland temple dedication, the church proceeded on a much different trajectory than in the preceding years. Financial troubles in Kirtland, internal strife and conflict with non-members in Missouri, relocation to Nauvoo and the…
One cannot truly understand the Doctrine and Covenants without understanding the historical context in which they were received. A challenge we all face is that the history of the church that we have been taught…
We dive deeper into the nature of God as described in the Lectures on Faith and corroborated by the rest of the scriptures, and discuss how we got D&C 130 which contradicts all these scriptural…
Lectures on Faith were added to the scriptures in 1835 by a general assembly of the church. They were removed in 1921 by a committee of six men. In this episode we review the history…
We discuss the different roles of a prophet, including bringing forth the word of God and testing the people. We also review and test “The Fourteen Fundamentals of Following the Prophet” against the scriptures.
We discuss MD’s reformatted scriptures project, which puts the text back into paragraph form, removes commentary, minimizes the impact of chapters and verses on the flow of text, and highlights key changes.
We review the tools we use to search the scriptures, from the scriptural search engine on lds.org, to BibleHub.com to uncover the original meaning of the Greek and Hebrew text. We also discuss search the…
A re-recording of the debut podcast by Searcher, and MD. After introductions, we discuss the value of searching the scriptures rather than simply reading or studying them. D&C 1:37-38 3 Nephi 20:11 3 Nephi 23:1…
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